(IN BRIEF) Professor Frank Baaijens from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has been awarded the prestigious Huiskes Medal for his remarkable contributions to the field of Biomechanics. Baaijens’ innovative research and application of biomechanics have led to groundbreaking developments in … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Education, Healthcare, Industrial, Management, Netherlands, News, Science
Tagged Award, Biomechanics, heart valves, Huiskes Medal, Professor Frank Baaijens, Sandra Loerakker, Tissue Engineering, Tommaso Ristori, TU/e
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica, have made significant progress in using blood proteins to predict future lung cancer. The study analyzed blood samples taken from healthy participants up to ten years before … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Researchers behind the mass Covid-19 testing pilot in Liverpool have been honored with the 2023 Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Healthcare Data Analytics. The award recognizes their work in delivering better outcomes for patients through data analysis … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) University Hospital Münster (UKM), Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST), and the universities of Münster and Twente have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on healthcare, education, and medical-technical progress in the German-Dutch border region. The aim is … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Education, EUREGIO, Healthcare, medical-technical, Miriam Vollenbroek-Hutten, Münster, partnership, Prof. Alex Friedrich, Prof. Johannes Wessels, Remke Burie, telemedicine, Twente, University Hospitals, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) A global diet study published in the European Heart Journal challenges the conventional advice of limiting high-fat dairy foods. The study, conducted in 80 countries across all inhabited continents, found that diets emphasizing fruit, vegetables, dairy (mainly whole-fat), … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Skanska, a leading construction company, has secured a contract to construct a new hospital in Lakeland, Florida, USA. The contract, valued at USD 109 million, will be included in the company’s second-quarter order bookings for 2023 in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Florida, Healthcare, Hospital, Lakeland, Skanska
(IN BRIEF) As the UK commemorates the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS), the University of East Anglia (UEA) takes the opportunity to acknowledge its partnership with the NHS and the significant contribution of its medicine and health … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) A recently completed doctoral thesis suggests that parents should sing to their stable preterm infants during kangaroo care, as it promotes brain development in infants and improves maternal wellbeing. The study found that singing during kangaroo care helped … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Healthcare, Management, News, Science
Tagged brain development, Kaisamari Kostilainen, kangaroo care, Maternal Wellbeing, Preterm Infants, Singing, University of Helsinki
(IN BRIEF) The Max Planck l University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, known as MaxHel, has launched its research initiative to investigate the factors that contribute to health inequalities. The center, located in Helsinki and Rostock, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Healthcare, Management, News, Science
Tagged Max Planck, MaxHel, Mikko Myrskylä, Pekka Martikainen, Population Health, RESEARCH, social inequalities, University of Helsinki
(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have developed a new drug that shows promise in increasing the survival chances of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. The drug is now being tested in the PROGNOSTICS project, a research … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Philips and Philips Foundation have received the prestigious GRAND PRIX and GOLD Design Effectiveness Award from the Design Business Association (DBA) for their High-Risk Pregnancy Referral tool. The tool, consisting of simple referral cards, has been designed for … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Healthcare, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged Design Excellence, Gold Award, High-Risk Pregnancy Referral Tool, Peter Skillman, Philips, Philips Foundation
(IN BRIEF) Simon Linder, a PhD candidate, conducted multi-omics research to understand how tumor cells adapt to hormonal therapies in prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is hormone-dependent, and although hormonal therapy is initially effective, cancer cells eventually become resistant to it. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Healthcare, Management, Netherlands, News, Science
Tagged hormonal therapy, Multi-Omics Research, prostate cancer, protein, Resistance, Simon Linder, treatment, TU/e, Wilbert Zwart
(IN BRIEF) SoleSense, a startup revolutionizing stroke rehabilitation, has won the Best Elevator Pitch award at Bristol’s prestigious Tech-Xpo 2023 Showcase. The company, founded by Caz Icke in 2019, utilizes shoe sensors and a real-time biofeedback application to offer personalized … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Global health NGO DSW has released its 2023 Donors Delivering for SRHR report, highlighting the state of global funding for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and related areas. The report shows that total funding for SRHR … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Healthcare, Non Profit, Society
Tagged 2023 Donors Delivering for SRHR report, Child Health, DSW, Family Planning, fight against AIDS, fight against HIV, FP, funding, gender equality, global health, Jutta Urpilainen, Lisa Goerlitz, Maternal, neonatal, NGO, ODA, OECD DAC, Official Development Assistance, reproductive, RMNCH, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, sexually transmitted disease control, SRHR
(IN BRIEF) H. Lundbeck A/S has announced the initiation of CEO succession, with Deborah Dunsire choosing to retire from her role as President and CEO. Charl van Zyl has been appointed as the new President and CEO, and Dunsire will … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged appointment, biopharma, Board of Directors, CEO, Charl van Zyl, CNS, Deborah Dunsire, Eli Lilly, H. Lundbeck A/S, immunology, Lars Rasmussen, Lundbeck, Neurology, Novartis
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone Foundation has expanded the m-mama maternal and newborn emergency transport system to Kenya with a $14 million investment. The collaborative effort between Vodafone Foundation, the Kenyan Government, USAID, Safaricom, and M-Pesa Foundation aims to improve maternal and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca’s new drug application (NDA) for capivasertib, in combination with Faslodex, has been accepted and granted Priority Review by the US FDA for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. The NDA is being reviewed under Project Orbis, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, AstraZeneca, breast cancer, CAPItello-291 Phase III, capivasertib, CDK4/6 inhibitors, endocrine therapies, Faslodex, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, fulvestran, hormone receptor, metastatic breast cancer, NDA, New Drug Application, Priority Review, Susan Galbraith, The New England Journal of Medicine
(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca and Quell Therapeutics have announced a collaboration to develop innovative treatments for Type 1 Diabetes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Quell’s T-regulatory cell engineering technology will be used to create potential curative therapies. AstraZeneca has the option to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged AstraZeneca, autoimmune disease, cell therapies, Foxp3 Phenotype Lock, Iain McGill, IBD, IND, inflammatory bowel disease, Investigational New Drug, Mene Pangalos, multi-modular Treg cell therapy, Quell, Quell Therapeutics, T-regulator, T-regulatory cell engineering, T1D, Treg, type 1 diabetes
(IN BRIEF) Novo Nordisk A/S is in exclusive negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in BIOCORP Production SA, a French company specializing in medical device design and manufacturing. The acquisition would be followed by a mandatory tender offer for all … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) According to an independent report, the cost of prescription medicines to the NHS in England reached a record high of £17.2 billion in the financial year 2021-2022. The report reveals that NHS spending on branded medicines has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Government, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Beth Woods, cancer drugs, cost of prescription medicines, COVID-19 vaccines, Dr Huseyin Naci, Dr James Lomas, e Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, immunosuppression, London School of Economics and Political Science, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, LSE, LSHTM, malignant disease, medicines, NHS, REPORT, respiratory system disorders, University of York, VPAS
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